Colleges with Open Admission

The colleges listed below are a sampling of colleges that admit essentially all applicants. More than 600 open admission two-year colleges and more than 100 open admission four-year colleges in the United States are listed in The College Handbook 2000.

Alvin Community College TX
American River College CA
Anne Arundel Community College MD
Antelope Valley College CA
Arapahoe Community College CO
Athabasca University Alberta, Canada
Baker College MI
Bee County College TX
Bluefield State College [yes] WV
Brookdale Community College NJ
Broome Community College NY
Burlington County College NJ
Casper College WY
Central Community College NE
Central Piedmont Community College NC
Central Texas College TX
Central Wyoming College WY
Century Community and Technical College MN
Clackamas Community College OR
College of Lake County IL
College of Southern Idaho ID
College of the Mainland TX
College of the Redwoods CA
College of the Sequoias CA
Columbus State Community College OH
Community College of Rhode Island RI
Corning Community College NY
Cumberland County College NJ
Dekalb Technical Institute GA
Des Moines Area Community College IA
Diablo Valley College CA
Dixie College UT
Dundalk Community College MD
East Central College MO
Eastern Kentucky University KY
Enterprise State Jr. College AL
Evergreen Valley College CA
Fairmont State College [yes] WV
Garden City Community College KS
Golden West College CA
Hagerstown Jr. College MD
Harrisburg Area Community College PA
Houston Community College System TX
Illinois Central College IL
Jacksonville College TX
Jefferson State Community College AL
Joliet Jr. College IL
Kalamazoo Valley Community College MI
Kent State University OH
Kingwood College (North Harris Montgomery Community College Dist.) TX
Kirkwood Community College IA
Lake Michigan College MI
Lakeland Community College OH
Lansing Community College MI
Lower Columbia College WA
Macomb Community College MI
Manchester Community-Technical College CT
Marylhurst College OR
McLennan Community College TX
McNeese State University LA
Merced College CA
Miami-Dade Community College FL
Mid-Plains Community College NE
Middlesex Community College MA
Midland College TX
Missouri Western State College MO
Modesto Jr. College CA
Mohawk Valley Community College NY
Montgomery College MD
Montgomery College (North Harris Montgomery Community College Dist.) TX
Montgomery County Community College PA
Navarro College TX
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture NE
New River Community College VA
North Greenville College SC
North Harris College (North Harris Montgomery Community College District) TX
North Idaho College ID
Northampton County Area Community College PA
Northeast Louisiana University LA
Northern Kentucky University KY
Northern Virginia Community College VA
Northwestern State University of Louisiana LA
Odessa College TX
Oklahoma City Community College OK
Onondaga Community College NY
Orange Coast College
Owens Community College OH
Patten College CA
Pellissippi State Technical Community College TN
Peru State College NE
Pikes Peak Community College CO
Polk Community College FL
Portland Community College OR
Prince George's Community College MD
Roane State Community College [yes] TN
Rock Valley College IL
Rogue Community College OR
St. Charles County Community College [yes] MO
St. Philip's College TX
Salt Lake Community College UT
San Jacinto College, North TX
Shasta College CA
Shawnee Community College IL
Shelby State Community College TN
Shelton State Community College AL
Shoreline Community College WA
Solano Community College CA
Southeastern Louisiana University LA
Southern Nazarene University OK
Spokane Community College WA
Temple College TX
Texas State Technical College TX
Thomas College GA
Tidewater Community College VA
Tomball College (North Harris Montgomery Community College District) TX
Truckee Meadows Community College NV
Tulsa Community College OK
Tyler Jr. College TX
University of Akron OH
University of Toledo OH
Utah Valley State College UT
Valencia Community College FL
Vermillion Community College MN
Victoria College TX
Vincennes University IN
Virginia Highlands Community College VA
Washtenaw Community College MI
Wayne State College NE
Western Governors University NCATE Accredited; On-Line
West Valley College CA
Western Nevada Community College NV
Youngstown State University OH